SINGAPORE - The Industrial Transformation Asia-Pacific (ITAP) 2025, a HANNOVER MESSE event organised by Constellar with international partner Deutsche Messe, returns to the Singapore EXPO from 15-17 October 2025. In its 8th edition, ITAP 2025 features 280 global brands from 24 countries and regions, with 40% participating for the first time.  

The Opening Ceremony will be graced by Mr Jeffrey Siow, Acting Minister for Transport & Senior Minister of State for Finance, Republic of Singapore, as Guest of Honour, alongside senior representatives from government agencies, global industry leaders and innovators.  

"With a wave of new exhibitors and transformative AI technologies, ITAP 2025 stands at the forefront of industrial change in Asia Pacific," said Ms Audrey Leong, Portfolio Director, Constellar. "As the region's leading event for advanced manufacturing, ITAP empowers businesses to turn disruption into opportunity, drive meaningful transformation, and stay ahead in an increasingly complex and competitive global landscape."  

Industry AI and Smart Manufacturing  

Amid volatile supply chains, rising energy costs, labour shortages, and shifting trade policies, manufacturers face pressure to accelerate digitalisation and adopt new technologies.  

ITAP 2025 highlights AI, robotics, factory automation, additive and digital manufacturing, and smart logistics and supply chain technologies. These innovations are enabling manufacturers to boost operational agility, optimise resource use, and build resilient production ecosystems.  

Visitors can explore seven country and industry-led pavilions – China, Germany, GobizKorea, Industry 5.0, Innovate UK, National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Cluster, and Singapore. Global players, including SAP, Microsoft, Azbil, Delta, ABEAM Consulting Singapore, Tata Consultancy Services, and Weston Robot will showcase AI applications in predictive analytics, robotics, smart quality systems, generative design, and connected factories.  

"ITAP 2025 is a launchpad for showcasing how AI and advanced automation are being applied in real operational settings," said Mr Chan Hai Kiang, Founder, Flexspeed Technology. "As part of the Singapore Pavilion, Flexspeed Technology and the iSmart Consortium are presenting integrated robotics and CNC machines tending solutions co-developed with local SMEs. These are not just technologies for the future — they're scalable, commercially viable systems solving industry challenges today. ITAP gives us the opportunity to demonstrate how homegrown partnerships can accelerate capability development and deliver intelligent manufacturing outcomes for the region."  

Immersive Showcases: Innovations in Action  

Visitors can explore interactive showcases of advanced manufacturing, including:  

• Additive Manufacturing Learning Journey (co-presented by NAMIC): Real-world 3D printing for agility and sustainability.
• Enable Intelligence Transformation (co-presented by Delta): Smart industrial solutions that drive energy efficiency, intelligent monitoring, and integrated automation.
• Experience Industrial AI (co-presented by Microsoft): Predictive maintenance, scheduling, and optimisation in action.
• Future of Robotics (co-presented by Unitree Robotics–Weston Robot): Collaborative robots and human-robot interaction.  
• National R&D Innovation Center (co-presented by A*STAR): Bridging advanced research and industrial application.  

These are complemented by initiatives from the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB), Enterprise Singapore (ESG), JTC Corporation (JTC), and the Singapore Manufacturing Federation (SMF), including the Global Additive Manufacturing Summit, the National Robotics Programme Tech Summit, the Standards Forum, the National R&D Innovation Centre Showcase, and the MNC–Local Enterprise Collaboration Fireside Chat.  

Knowledge Platforms and Industry Dialogues  

ITAP 2025 also serves as a hub for insight-sharing through specialised forums and summits:  

• Industrial Transformation Forum (ITF): A leadership summit themed "Powering the Future with Technology" will cover six core areas: Digital Transformation, Industrial AI, Sustainable Manufacturing, Supply Chain Resilience, Workforce Transformation, and the Innovation Ecosystem, bringing together global leaders, C-suite executives, plant-floor executives, and policymakers.
• Innovation Stage: Features power solutions (presented by Azbil, Contentserv, Moxo and more), new product launches, the world's first Industry 5.0 start-up pitch ("Disruptor – Are You One?"), and a spotlight on Lithuania as a rising European advanced manufacturing hub.  
• MNC-LE Collaboration Fireside Chat: A fireside chat with Minister of State for the Ministry of Trade and Industry, Mr Alvin Tan, and senior leaders from MNCs and SMEs on strategic alliances, government support, and ecosystem partnerships.  
• Standards Forum: Organised by SMF-Standard Development Organisation (SDO), Singapore Standards Council, and EnterpriseSG, the forum will spotlight new standards in robotics and smart manufacturing with insights from experts and early adopters.  
• Global Additive Manufacturing Summit (GAMS): NAMIC gathers OEMs, solution providers, and end-users to explore agility, distributed manufacturing, digital workflows, scalability, and sustainability.  
• Microsoft Tech Summit: Showcase human-led, AI-operated factory innovations with demos on Azure, Microsoft Fabric, and Copilot Studio, featuring practical agent-building case studies.  
• NRP Tech Summit: The summit will offer insights from Infineon, Micron, Sesto Robotics, and XSquare on scaling robotics and automation from pilots to deployment.  
• SAP SCM Tech Summit: Explore supply chain resilience, customer insights, decarbonisation, and SAP demos under the theme "Where Innovation Meets Resilience."  
• ServiceNow Tech Summit: Showcase AI-driven factory transformation with insights on unifying IT and OT, automating workflows, and building resilient, agentic supply chains across the enterprise.